Southern New Hampshire University Athletics 
Week at a Glance (February 8-15, 2022) 
Female Athlete of the Week: Jessica Knight – Women's Basketball, Soph., F 
Jessica Knight (Hanover, Mass.) set a career-high with 16 points, one of five in double figures as the Penmen defeated Stonehill on Saturday afternoon. Knight average 13.3 points and hit on 59.4 % of her field goals in the three wins last week.  She also averaged five rebounds per game. Knight has also been chosen as the NE10 Women's Basketball Rookie of the Week. 
 
Male Athlete of the Week: George Thurston – Men's Hockey, Jr., F  
George Thurston (Plymouth, Mass.) scored three goals in the three games the Penmen played, adding an assist.  He potted the overtime game-winner in Saturday's 3-2 win at Saint Anselm, giving him a league-leading 20 goals on the season. Thurston is also named this week's NE10 Hockey Player of the Week. 
 
NE10 Men's Basketball Rookie of the Week: Aaron Gray, Fr., G/F 
Aaron Gray (Providence, R.I.) - led the Penmen with two big games last week.  In SNHU's win over Adelphi, Gray finished up with 25 points on 9-of-19 shooting, including 5-of-11 from beyond the arc.   Saturday's 20 points against Stonehill were a team-high, albeit in a loss.  He did hit 6-of-13 shots.  Gray also pulled down 17 rebounds in the two games.  
 
Women's? Basketball? (20-5, 14-4 NE10) 
Last Week's Results: 
2/17 at Franklin Pierce – W, 87-73 
2/19 vs. Stonehill – W, 75-69 
 
This Week's Games: 
2/22 at Saint Michael's – 5:30 p.m. 
2/27 vs. TBD (NE10 Championship) – 3 p.m. 
 
Notes: 
-SNHU WBB wins 20 games in a season for the first time since 1989-90.  The Penmen won a program record 22 games that season, advancing to the NCAA tournament. 
- Jessica Knight was chosen as the NE10 Rookie of the Week. Knight set a career-high with 16 points, one of five in double figures as the Penmen defeated Stonehill on Saturday afternoon. Knight average 13.3 points and hit on 59.4 % of her field goals in the three wins last week.  She also averaged five rebounds per game. 
-Junior Adriana Timberlake started the week with 16 points at Le Moyne Monday, added 20 at Franklin Pierce Thursday, and finished with 16 points (co-leading scorer) in the win over Stonehill on Friday.  She also added a total of 13 assists in the three games. 
-The Penmen will earn a top-seed in the upcoming NE10 Women's Basketball Championship.  The field will be announced at the end of the regular season. 
 
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Men's?Basketball?(13-10, 9-9?NE10) 
Last Week's Results: 
2/19 vs. Stonehill – L, 54-63 
 
This Week's Games: 
2/22 at Saint Michael's – canceled 
2/25 at NE10 Championship - TBD 
 
Notes: 
- Freshman Aaron Gray named NE10 Men's Basketball Rookie of the Week. In SNHU's win over Adelphi, Gray finished up with 25 points on 9-of-19 shooting, including 5-of-11 from beyond the arc. Saturday's 20 points against Stonehill were a team-high, albeit in a loss.  He did hit 6-of-13 shots.  Gray also pulled down 17 rebounds in the two games. 
- Matt Becht - 13 points (4-8 FG, 2-5 3PT, 3-3 FT), 5 rebounds, 2 steals 
-The game on Saturday marked SNHU's senior day at the Stan Spirou Fieldhouse; SNHU celebrated Senior Corry Long with family and friends prior to tipoff. 
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Men's Ice Hockey (16-7, 14-4 NE10) 
Last Week's Results: 
2/16 at Stonehill – W, 4-3 OT 
2/18 vs. Saint Anselm – L, 1-2 OT 
2/19 at Saint Anselm – W, 3-2 OT 
 
This Week's Games: 
- Bye week - 
3/1 vs. NE10 Championship Semifinals - TBD 
 
Notes: 
- Junior George Thurston has been named NE10 Player of the Week after scoring three goals in Penmen's weekend overtime split with St. Anselm. Thurston factored in all three Penmen goals, netting two and assisting on the third. 
- Senior Adam Mercer was in net for the two Penmen overtime wins last week. Mercer leads the Northeast-10 with a .921 save percentage. 
- Senior Jake Cox registered a pair of assists including a helper to setup the game-winning goal. 
- Matt Amante also added a pair of assists on the Penmen's first two goals. 
- Senior netminder Adam Mercer turned aside 38 shots including 18 shots over the third period and overtime to get the win in net, improving to 12-2 on the season. 
-The regular-season champion and top-seeded Penmen have earned a first-round bye in the NE10 playoffs, which begin Saturday. 
-SNHU will return to The Ice Den for an NE10 semifinal game on Tues. March 1 at 7:40 p.m. against an opponent to be determined. 
 
Women's?Track & Field 
Last Week's Results: 
2/19 at UNH - no team scoring
 
This Week's Games: 
2/24-2/25 NE10 Conference Indoor Championships – Boston, Mass. / Reggie Lewis Center 
 
Notes: 
- Sophomore Emma Hallet scored a win in the 55 hurdles, and set new career marks in the high jump and shot put as the SNHU Track & Field team competed with UNH and UMass-Lowell Saturday in Durham, N.H. Hallet won the 55H in 8.98 seconds, with SNHU freshman Tori Allen finishing second (9.41). Allen (9.98m) set a PR in the shot put. 
-Senior Bennie Alula finished second in the weight throw (14.57m), while sophomore Laila Bunnitt set a new PR of 13.08m. 
-Sophomore Ava Gravell tied her PR twice in the 55m race (prelims and final - 7.52 seconds) 
-Junior Madison McMahon finished second in the high jump. 
-The Penmen, ranked first in the East Region by the USTFCCCA, will compete in the Northeast-10 Conference Indoor Championships on February 24-25 at the Reggie Lewis Center in Boston. 
 
Women's Tennis?(9-2,?9-1 NE10) 
Last Week's Results: 
Idle 
This Week's Games: 
Idle 
 
Notes: 
- Women's tennis is off until the spring. 
 
Men's Tennis?(1-0-0,?0-0 NE10) 
Last Week's Results: 
2/20 vs. Post University – W, 5-2 
 
This Week's Games: 
Idle 
 
Notes: 
- Against Post Sunday, Freshman Jonathan Berling registered a pair of wins at No. 1 singles (6-0, 6-3) over Gustavo Kerber and at No. 2 doubles with Cade Nadeau (Quispamsis, New Brunswick; 6-3;6-0) to help SNHU secure the win. 
-Freshman Thomas Guy (7-5, 6-4) secured the win at No. 2 singles (7-5, 6-4) over Nino Krneta. Guy and Emmanuel Vacalares (6-4), won on the top doubles pair to help lead SNHU to a 5-2 win over Post. 
- The Penmen have an extended break before traveling to Florida for spring break. SNHU opens the southern trip against Millersville University on Wednesday, March 9 in Orlando, Fla. 
 
Women's Golf 
Last Week's Results: 
Idle 
This Week's Matches: 
Idle 
Notes: 
- Women's golf?is off until the spring. 
 
Men's Golf 
Last Week's Results: 
Idle 
This Week's Matches: 
Idle 
 
Notes: 
- Men's golf was idle last week and is off until the spring. 
 
Softball (0-6, 0-0 NE10) 
 
Last Week's Results:  
2/18 at Lenoir-Rhyne University – L, 0-8 
2/18 at Lenior-Rhyne University – L, 2-6 
2/19 at Belmont Abbey College – L, 5-6 
2/19 at Belmont Abbey College – L, 2-10 
2/20 vs. University of Mount Olive – L, 2-6 
2/20 at Queens University of Charlotte – L, 3-11 
 
This Week's Games: 
 
 
Notes:  
-Sophomore Bella Dickinson was one of the offensive stars of the season-opening road trip for SNHU to North Carolina. Dickinson had a pair of two-hit games against Lenoir-Rhyne and Belmont Abbey Friday and Saturday. She finished the mini-trip with a .353 batting average, .421 on base-percentage, and .529 slugging percentage. 
- SNHU will have two weeks off before returning to action in Florida during spring break. 
- SNHU travels to Winter Haven, Florida for a 10-game road trip beginning Sunday, March 6, 2022 with a doubleheader versus University of Minnesota Duluth and Winona State University. All games will be played at Diamondplex in Winter Haven, Florida.   
 
 
COMPLETED SEASONS 
Women's Soccer (13-4-1, 11-2-0 NE10) 
Notes: 
- Women's soccer posted its highest number of wins in three years, as it began the season 9-0-0 for the first time since the 1984 campaign and also started the year with a 13-match unbeaten streak (12-0-1), which was the longest since the 1989 season. 
- The Penmen, who?soared as high as No. 6 in the?United Soccer Coaches Division II National Top 25 Poll, earned the?program's first NE10 Regular-Season Championship and the top seed in the NE10 Championship, where it fell, 2-1, to eighth-seeded Southern Connecticut State University in the quarterfinal round. 
- SNHU?received its seventh NCAA Championship selections and its fourth straight, garnering the third seed in the East Regional, but lost, 1-0, to sixth-seeded Mercy College. 
-?Graduate students?Allyson Patterson?(Seekonk, Mass.) and?Ai Inoue?(Tokyo, Japan)?claimed Division II Conference Commissioners Association (D2CCA) East All-Region First Team honors. Patterson, who earned the accolade?for the second consecutive season,?started all 17 contests she?played in, registering 13 points on six goals and an assist. Inoue, meanwhile,?started 13?of the 14?matches she appeared in and was a huge difference-maker on a back line that ranked second in the conference in goals allowed (11), shutouts (9) and goals-against average (0.60). She contributed three assists, offensively. 
- Head coach Elie Monteiro?collected his second NE10 Coach of the Year award, while Patterson was crowned the NE10 Player of the Year and Inoue was chosen as the NE10 Defensive Player of the Year. Patterson and Inoue were joined on the NE10 All-Conference?First Team by junior?Jordan Butters?(Beverly, Mass.), who started 14 of the 18?matches she played in and ranked second on the team with 14 points on five goals and four assists. 
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Men's Soccer (11-6-1, 8-3-1?NE10) 
Notes: 
- Men's soccer reached double figures in wins for the first time since 2018. After starting the campaign 3-4-0, the Penmen caught fire and put together a seven-match unbeaten streak (6-1-0), as they lost just one of their final nine matches to end the regular season. 
- SNHU claimed the No. 4 seed and a quarterfinal home match for the NE10 Championships and secured a 1-0 victory over fifth-seeded Adelphi University to advance to the semifinal round for the first time since '18. The Penmen lost to top-seeded Franklin Pierce University, 2-1, in overtime to fall short of the title game. 
- Graduate students?Kiko Hernandez?(Madrid, Spain) and?Jannik Mohr?(Koblenz, Germany) landed spots on the NE10 All-Conference First Team. Hernandez was a key cog in the midfield for the Penmen and dished a pair of assists. Mohr?anchored?a back line that ?allowed the second fewest number of goals in the NE10 this season (18) and also ranked?third in goals-against average (0.91). Mohr ?also contributed on the offensive end with two goals and an assist for five points. 
-?Grad student?Nadjib Chibout?(Lyon, France) was chosen as a Second Team selection, while fellow grad student?Michael Goncalves?(Ludlow, Mass.) and sophomore?Nicolas Gonzalez?(Santander, Spain) received Third Team nods. 
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Field Hockey (6-11, 6-8?NE10) 
Notes: 
- Field hockey started the season slow, but won five of its last eight down the stretch, including three straight. The Penmen narrowly missed the NE10 postseason, however, falling one game short of the eighth and final spot in the NE10 Championship. 
- Freshman Annemartine Christis?('S-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands) received NE10 All-Conference Second Team and NE10 All-Rookie Team honors.?Christis, who started all 17 contests for the Penmen,?led the team in both goals (9) and points (23), while ranking second in assists (5). She finished 13th in the NE10 in points and also sat inside the top 20 in goals and assists. Amongst the league's freshmen, Christis?slotted in third in assists and fourth in both goals and points. 
- Junior Sofie Wolters (Schilde, Belgium) was an NE10 All-Conference Third Team selection. She?started all 17 matches and was an important cog in the SNHU defense, making a pair of defensive saves. She also contributed, offensively, with two goals and three assists for seven points. Wolters placed third on the team in assists, fourth in points and tied for fifth in goals, while ranking inside the top 10 in the league in defensive saves. 
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Women's Volleyball (12-11, 8-5?NE10) 
Notes: 
- Volleyball jumped out to a 3-1 start – its best since the 2014 campaign – and won six of eight down the stretch to claim the?seventh seed in the?NE10 Championship. The Penmen, making their first appearance in the NE10 postseason since 2018,?dropped a 3-1 decision to the second-seeded University of New Haven. 
- SNHU?finished?above .500 for the second straight season – the first time it has done that since the 1979 and 1980 campaigns. 
- Junior?Juliana Pacini?(Sao Paulo, Brazil) became just the third Penmen ever to earn NE10 All-Conference Second Team honors.?In 85 sets across 23 matches, Pacini amassed 269 kills (3.16 k/s), 38 service aces (0.45 sa/s), 246 digs (2.89 d/s) and 22 blocks (0.26 b/s). 
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Cross Country 
Notes: 
- The women started the season out on the right foot by winning the Shacklette Invitational at Saint Anselm College.?Graduate student?Ashley Corcoran?(East Longmeadow, Mass.) was also victorious, capturing the event for a second straight season with a time of 23:29.3. The Penmen were also 12th at the 23-team New England Championships (Corcoran matched the fastest 5K in program history at 18:20.4), third at the NE10 Championships and fourth at NCAA East Regional Championships, as they missed out on qualifying for the NCAA National Championships by just a since point. Corcoran's time of 21:43.7 slotted her fourth, overall, which was good enough for an automatic bid to nationals, where Corcoran placed 71st in a time of 21:52.1. 
- Corcoran received NE10 All-Conference First Team accolades for finishing third at the NE10 Championships in a time of 22:21.11. She was joined on the First Team by classmate?Jill Couto?(Newton Junction, N.H.), who was fifth at 22:51.7. Junior?Sarah Zarakotas?(Deerfield, N.H.), sophomore?Kelsey Seamans?(Methuen, Mass.) and graduate student?Maura Coakley?(Yorktown Heights, N.Y.) were all Third Team honorees. 
- The men checked in seventh at the NE10 Championships, with?senior?Jacob Logan?(Norwood, Mass.) leading the way in 18th place in a time of 26:50, which earned him NE10 All-Conference Third Team recognition. SNHU was 15th at the NCAA East Regional Championships, with sophomore?Kody Gagnon?(Tolland, Conn.) running the race in 34:36.3. 
 
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